Open today expected MarketHailsham Friday Market and Boot Fair Verified
Hailsham, South East · BN27 2AG
The South-East Word
Boot Fairs Near Me: Kent, Sussex and Essex
Boot fair and car boot sale mean the same event: 20 sales in our directory advertise themselves as boot fairs, and this page lists every one of them.
9 of the 20 boot fairs listed publish no closed season; 11 more are inside a published season today. Each card shows which.
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Kent has the most, with 11 listings. The word is a south-eastern habit rather than a different kind of sale, so a search for a boot fair near you and a search for a car boot sale near you should turn up the same fields, halls and car parks.
Buyers here typically get in from 6am. Use the filters to narrow by day, entry price or whether the sale is running in a given month.
Where the word boot fair is used
Boot fair is what people say in Kent and the Medway towns, in East Sussex along the coast, and in parts of Essex and south-east London. Organisers name their sales that way too, which is why Hop Farm Boot Fair, Brenzett Boot Fair and Tilmanstone Boot Fair sound nothing like the car boot sales advertised a county or two further west. The event is identical: sellers buy a pitch, buyers pay at the gate or walk in free.
What does differ is the shape of a typical south-eastern boot fair. Most of the sales on this page are outdoor sites on farmland, most run on a Sunday morning, and gates for sellers can open as early as 5am. Because they are fields, most also close for the winter: the table below shows how many in each county publish a season, and every card carries the date its season ends or the month it starts again.
Boot fair counties and what is on
The county hubs carry the local detail: opening times, gate prices, which sites close for the winter and which organisers post cancellations on the morning of a wet day.
Boot fairs by county
| County | Boot fairs listed | On Sundays | Buyer entry | With a closed season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 11 | 7 | Free to £1 | 7 of 11 |
| East Sussex | 2 | 0 | Free to £0.50 | 1 of 2 |
| Northumberland | 2 | 1 | £5 | 0 of 2 |
| County Durham | 1 | 1 | £1 | 1 of 1 |
| Glamorgan | 1 | 1 | Not published | 0 of 1 |
| Greater London | 1 | 1 | £1 | 1 of 1 |
| Hampshire | 1 | 1 | £0.50 | 0 of 1 |
| Surrey | 1 | 0 | £1 | 1 of 1 |
Counted from the published listings on this page. Buyer entry is the range of gate prices the organisers publish; a closed season means the organiser gives dates between which the sale does not run.
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Tomorrow expected MarketSplott Market Car Boot Sale Verified
Cardiff, Wales · CF24 5JB
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorAshford Bootfair and Market Verified
Ashford, South East · TN24 0HB
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorBrenzett Boot Fair Carboot Sale Verified
Folkestone and Hythe, South East · TN29 9QT
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorShepperton Car Boot Sale Verified
Spelthorne, South East · TW17 0QQ
Tomorrow expected Small outdoorHalland Carboot Sale Unverified
Wealden, South East · BN8 6PG
Tomorrow expected Large outdoorSheppey Boot Fair (Wallend Farm) Verified
Isle of Sheppey, South East · ME12 3RR
Tomorrow expected Small outdoorK&T Bootfair Carboot Sale Verified
Canterbury, South East · CT6 8BH
Tomorrow expected Table top saleCuxton Church Hall Table Top Sale Verified
Rochester, South East · ME2 1AF
Sun 13 Sep expected Large outdoorGreenfields Boot Fair Verified
Medway, South East · ME2 4UX
Sun 13 Sep expected Large outdoorLeysdown Bootfair Verified
Swale, South East · ME12 4LR
Sun 13 Sep expected Small outdoorTilmanstone Boot Fair Carboot Sale Verified
Dover, South East · CT15 5BQ
Sun 13 Sep expected Indoor & outdoorBridgemary Carboot Sale Verified
Gosport, South East · PO13 0JN
Sun 13 Sep Large outdoorHayes Farm Carboot Sale Verified
Bromley, Greater London · BR2 7LB
Sun 13 Sep expected Indoor & outdoorHexham Car Boot Fair Verified
Hexham, North East · NE46 3SG
Sun 13 Sep expected Large outdoorChester-le-Street Car Boot Sale Verified
Chester-le-Street, North East · DH2 1BL
Wed 16 Sep expected Small outdoorCorbridge Car Boot Fair Verified
Corbridge, North East · NE45 5AY
Sat 19 Sep Small outdoorHop Farm Boot Fair Verified
Maidstone, South East · TN12 6QF
Sun 20 Sep expected Small outdoorThanet Lions Boot Fair Verified
Margate, South East · CT9 2SP
Sat 3 Oct expected Table top saleSellindge Village Hall Indoor Table Top Sale Verified
Sellindge, South East · TN25 6JY
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Frequently asked questions
What is a boot fair?
A boot fair is a car boot sale: sellers pay for a pitch, park up and sell second-hand goods from the back of a car or van, and buyers pay a small amount at the gate or nothing at all. The word is used mainly in the south-east of England.
What is the difference between a car boot sale and a boot fair?
Nothing about the event itself. The two names describe the same thing and the difference is regional: organisers in Kent and Sussex tend to advertise a boot fair, organisers elsewhere a car boot sale. Some sites use both, which is why the same sale can appear under either name in search results.
Where in the UK do people say boot fair?
Boot fair is the everyday word for a car boot sale in Kent, the Medway towns, East Sussex and parts of Essex and south-east London. Elsewhere in the country the same event is almost always called a car boot sale. Of the 20 sales on this page, most are in Kent, East Sussex, Northumberland.
Are boot fairs on in winter?
Many are not. Most of the boot fairs listed here are held on farmland or a field, and their organisers publish a season that runs from spring to autumn. Each card on this page shows whether the sale runs all year or the date its season ends. For winter, the indoor car boot sales page lists the sales held under a roof.
What day are boot fairs held?
Sunday morning is the usual day in Kent and Sussex, with gates for sellers often opening between 5am and 7am and buyers shortly after. A few sites add a Saturday or a midweek day; the day and the opening times are on each listing.
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